Pain In Your Shoulder? Medical Empty Can Test

Pain in your shoulder can be a truly limiting factor in your life.

But where does the pain usually happen?

We can perform clinical examination tests and there are two examinations I would like

to highlight.

So normally this muscle, once it contracts, would abduct the humerus.

Therefore it would cause the movement like this.

That’s why if we want to test this muscle, the patient is required to elevate his arms

like this and point his thumbs downwards as if he is trying to empty a can.

And then the examiner will apply pressure from above and try to bring his arms down.

The patient is required to perform an opposite movement and try to bring his arms up.